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Ted Cruz asks for bipartisan agreement on the Senate floor today. He says they must come together to stop murders. To stop rape. I agree. We should stop those things. Then he says we must “stop attacking pedophiles”. No one corrected him. His team called it a “blunder”. Release the files.

Staffers claim Pete Hegseth is crumbling under the pressure and his mental state has reached new, frenzied heights after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Hegseth is being described by staffers as “manic,” erupting into fits of rage and tumultuous tirades. www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-aid...

WJLA in DC, once a proud and distinguished local TV station, bears the double Sinclair taint: -They initially caved to Trump, on Kimmel. - Now they are re-caving, to reality. WJLA station manager is named Todd Bernstein, if you wanted to register any views: sbgi.net/sinclair-bro...

Important thing to know: Grand juries only hear one side of the story. The defense doesn’t cross examine witnesses or present a case. Good prosecutors are committed to the truth & doing justice. They don’t indict cases when the defendant can contradict their case.

To be clear: It's entirely possible this is about the Dan Richman stuff (as we catalogued in our piece for @lawfaremedia.org), not the Andy McCabe stuff. We don't really know the factual basis for the indictment because the indictment doesn't say. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

My little violin plays the old standard, “As everyday Americans are stripped of their rights, their healthcare, and eventually their vote, the uber wealthy mourn only the loss of coveted luxury item - taken by the monsters they voted in.”

Sinclair has been gobbling up network affiliates and red-pilling their trusted local newscasts for years (see 2017 OTM story below). Worse, it was under the radar. Most viewers had no idea they were being brainwashed, or even who Sinclair was before the Kimmel mess... Maybe they will NOW. 🤞

ABC has the Comey story now, with the key detail: Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer will TRY to get a GJ to indict, even though prosecutors say there's not even probable cause. abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...

As I was saying…

Take 30 minutes and watch my analysis of how and why Donald Trump is escalating his authoritarian crackdown on thought, dissent, media and organizations. Then share it with others. youtu.be/4kKtGgh3l5I

Dutch late night TV has its take

I want to strongly recommend @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social’s incredible edited collection Memory and Power It was grad school reading for me, and I still think about the essays in it all the time. www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...

Not laying claim the same stature, but we did something on memory work and representing the past. Open access.

This is a 9-0 Supreme Court decision from just last year.

“.. They’re being extorted and bullied individually, but in private discourse, they’re really upset,” said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a Yale management professor who organized the event .. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/business/ins...

BREAKING: Trump appointee Judge Tim Kelly GRANTS the plaintiffs motion for a preliminary injunction. Kelly’s order bars removal of “unaccompanied Guatemalan children who have received neither a final removal order nor permission from the Attorney General to voluntarily depart…”

Read about the background to this case here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The government’s explanation that it simply wanted to “reunite” parents and children “crumbled like a house of cards,” Kelly writes. “There is no evidence before the Court that the parents of these children sought their return.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Save the date. www.nokings.org?fbclid=IwdGR...

idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

The Irish Times view on Charlie Kirk’s murder: America’s grim spiral into political violence

RTÉ: Ireland threatens to withdraw from Eurovision if Israel participates

This detail really hits. "The SEALs pulled the bodies into the water to hide them from the North Korean authorities. ... The SEALs punctured the boat crew’s lungs with knives to make sure their bodies would sink." (🎁 link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

This is a deeply reported, heart-pounding read Gift link ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

REPORTER: What legal authority did the Pentagon invoke to strike that boat? PETE HEGSETH: We have the absolutely and complete authority

This is a brilliant way to use speech or debate clause protections.

Chasing the important story. Holiday weekend be damned.

Trump limits National Guard assignments to 29 days at a time to keep the called up service members from getting healthcare and housing benefits while on duty. And the NG troops are catching on. Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime. www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...

DEVELOPING: Advocates are seeking a court order to block the Trump administration’s effort to deport hundreds of unaccompanied minor children to Guatemala. Judge abruptly moved 3 pm hearing up to 12:30 after she was notified that some children “are in the process of being removed" today.

Following a day of strike and disruption throughout Israel, 400,000 people in Tel Aviv tonight for the biggest anti war protest since October 7.

Please sign and share our petition to remove RFK Jr. www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...

i can see this one is going to get a lot of use

Let’s talk about weather balloons—a.k.a. radiosondes—and why recent cuts to NWS staffing and balloon launch schedules are putting the public at risk (eg., Deaths in Texas). No satellite or model can replace what these humble balloons do. Here's why. 🧵

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 113 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

My head is going to explode. ICE is recruiting by pitching travel as one of the key perks of the job. Like, travel *accompanying deportation flights.* Literally. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

Here's the view of the DIE-IN in front of Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick's office building in PA-01, as seen from above. We want him to VOTE NO on Trump's Billionaire Bailout Budget Bill! Thank you to Ava Redmond for her drone work!

NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers seek permission to file an amended complaint in his civil case in Maryland. Among other things, the amended complaint “includes Abrego Garcia's first-hand account of torture and mistreatment at CECOT…”

As @atrupar.com points out, Trump’s budget cutting bill is massively unpopular. What a shame then, as clerks currently read all 940 pages of it on the Senate floor, that the Chamber is almost empty. There should be a quorum call. Make GOP Senators listen to every word of their damage.

People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid